Centerchem used IFT 2014 to announce a worldwide distribution agreement with Chefmaster, Fullerton, Calif. Officials say the deal includes Chefmaster’s complete line of natural and synthetic colorants in a broad range of dispersions and solutions, in addition to FD&C lakes and dyes.

Chefmaster is a business of Byrnes & Kiefer Company.

Centerchem, Norwalk, Conn., also distributes Candurin® Pearlescent Pigments, Maxinvert® (Invertase), enzymes for fruit and vegetable processing, invert sugar syrup and quinine bittering agents.

—Centerchem, www.centerchem.com